Pilton Worthy Farm 2004 (gig)

Matthew Bellamy

Glastonbury 2004

Matthew Bellamy starting Hysteria

End of Blackout

Bellamy and Howard jamming together after Stockholm Syndrome

Christopher Wolstenholme in the crowd after Stockholm Syndrome

Muse show
Venue	Worthy Farm (Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts^[1]—Pyramid Stage^[1])
Date	27th June 2004
Location	Pilton
Country	United Kingdom
Songs	14
Support	Morrissey et al.
Start (UTC+1)	Unknown
Capacity	Unknown
Price (GBP)	112
Sold out?	Unknown

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Information

One of Muse's biggest gigs of the Absolution tour, in which they headlined Glastonbury Festival for the first time. This gig is often regarded as one of Muse’s greatest ever performances.

Tragically, shortly after the show ended, William Howard, Dom's father who had been in attendance that night, suffered a heart attack and collapsed. He was taken to an on-site medical centre at 1:15am, but died shortly after arriving. He was 62 years old.^[2] A statement released on Muse's website read;

"In this dreadfully difficult time, we request that the privacy of Dom’s family and friends is respected whist our sincere and heartfelt sympathy extends to Dominic and the Howard family."

In the wake of this, Muse would cancel their following gig at Lazzaretto that was due to take place on 30 June.

The Show

Matt performed the Shuffle Dance during Time Is Running Out. At the end of Blackout when Matt puts his guitar on his head, you can see that his ring finger is bleeding.

During the end of Stockholm Syndrome the microphone on Dom's snare drum fell off and Matt pulled most of the drum-kit away. Chris also jumped into the crowd during the song, playing the Execution Commentary riff from there before throwing his Pedulla RB5 back onto stage, and finally running it through the head of the bass drum. The stage was virtually completely destroyed by the end of the gig.

Attire

Matt wore the iconic white lab coat during the gig. The outfit has become synonymous with this gig, though the coat was actually worn on numerous occasions throughout the Absolution Tour, including at least once before this gig.

Speech

After Hysteria	Bellamy	"Thank you"
After New Born	Bellamy	"Thank you very much"
	Howard	"How's it going Glastonbury?"
	Bellamy	"Good to see ya, good to see ya ... Good to be home".
After Apocalypse Please		"Thank you very much"
After Ruled by Secrecy		"Cheers"
After Sunburn	Howard	"Thank you"
After Butterflies & Hurricanes	Bellamy	"Thanks a lot!"
After Plug In Baby		"Thank you Glastonbury!"
Before Blackout		"Thank you very much, thank you very much... This next song is specifically designed for the use of lighters".
Before Stockholm Syndrome	Howard	"Thank you Glastonbury".
Before Stockholm Syndrome	Bellamy	"Thank you very much for staying out in all the mud and everything, this has been the best gig of our lives! Thank you very much! This is our last song, this song is called Stockholm Syndrome".
After Stockholm Syndrome	Howard	"Thank you Glastonbury! You've been fucking amazing! Cheers, take care and good night!"

Media

The full gig was broadcast in real-time on digital television. Bliss, Time Is Running Out, Plug In Baby, Blackout and Stockholm Syndrome were shown on BBC2. The Absolution Tour DVD includes the full performance, albeit with Citizen Erased, the Heartbreaker riff, and Stockholm Syndrome omitted.

A 10th anniversary remaster audio rip in lossless (FLAC) format can be found on MuseBootlegs here.

Pro footage of the full performance can be found on MuseBootlegs here.

Full HD videos of Sing for Absolution, Time is Running Out, and Plug in Baby can be found on MuseBootlegs here.

Butterflies & Hurricanes features on the vinyl and iTunes EP editions of the Butterflies & Hurricanes single. Although this version has been edited in post-production in an attempt to neutralise the vocal distortion on Matt’s voice throughout the performance.